Metroidvania

1133 games

Steam releases tagged Metroidvania. Tags come from community voting on SteamSpy and reflect how players actually describe the game.

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In the last 30 days, 1 new metroidvania games released on Steam (2 over the last 90 days). 66 are listed as free-to-play.

HOMESICKNESS
₩6,550

HOMESICKNESS

HOMESICKNESS is a point-&-click psychological horror indie game exploring the nuances of nostalgia. Play as Theo, trapped in CHILDREEF’s daycare, descending floor by floor; surviving the remnants of time. Use the Kids' multi-tool, listen to obscure tapes, and make your way to the lot. She's waiting.

Psychological HorrorNostalgiaExplorationStory RichExperimentalStrategySingleplayerPoint & Click3DFirst-Person

26 May, 2025

Chimera CUSTOM XG
₩8,950

Chimera CUSTOM XG

Grab your friends and blast through alien hordes in this side-scrolling bullet hell shooter with up to four-player PvE co-op. Play solo or team up as genetically enhanced super soldiers to defend Earth, uncover conspiracies, and survive the chaos together.

Early AccessSingleplayerMultiplayerAliensMetroidvaniaConspiracyAdventureIlluminatiControllerThird-Person Shooter

19 Mar, 2025

Breaking Gates
₩5,600

Breaking Gates

Intense 2D action with special attacks, aerial combos, and customizable combat in a vibrant, hand-drawn world. Upgrade your skills, forge new items, discover secret paths, and face challenging enemies on a journey to save the kingdom!

Action2DRPGAdventureSide ScrollerPlatformerMetroidvania2D PlatformerFantasyBeat 'em up

17 Nov, 2020

Resultarias
₩2,830

Resultarias

Resultarias is a surrealist walking simulator narrated by dream exploration. You play as Utsuki, a girl that for some reason doesn't want to leave her room and will only explore the world through her dreams.

Early AccessExplorationMetroidvaniaSurrealAnimeAdventureHorrorFemale ProtagonistWalking SimulatorChoose Your Own Adventure

23 Jan, 2023

Pinhead Adventures
₩16,500

Pinhead Adventures

Pinhead Adventures is the debut title from Neversold Play as Pinhead and Orbo, upgrade and explore dense worlds filled with action and puzzles Fight back Zortan's hordes of Spikers, Spitters, Swoopers, and Spods Board his ship for the final confrontation. Who will experience the space beyond time?

Early AccessAdventureExplorationMetroidvaniaAction Roguelike3D PlatformerImmersive SimSouls-likeThird-Person ShooterCollectathon

22 Oct, 2026

Aeterna Noctis
₩32,000

Aeterna Noctis

Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

MetroidvaniaDifficultSouls-likePlatformerPrecision PlatformerSoundtrack2DAction-AdventureIndieExploration

14 Dec, 2021

KUNAI
₩16,900

KUNAI

KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.

IndieActionAdventureMetroidvaniaPlatformerGreat SoundtrackPixel Graphics2DNinjaSingleplayer

6 Feb, 2020

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
₩18,500

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.

RetroPlatformerHack and SlashPixel GraphicsActionPost-apocalyptic2DArcade2D PlatformerShooter

12 Jan, 2023

Infernax
₩20,500

Infernax

Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.

MetroidvaniaActionPixel GraphicsGoreRPGIndieAdventureRetro2DViolent

14 Feb, 2022

Dark Devotion
₩20,500

Dark Devotion

Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.

Souls-likePixel GraphicsFemale ProtagonistActionAction Roguelike2DRPGMetroidvaniaIndieAdventure

25 Apr, 2019

Goo Keeper
₩13,500

Goo Keeper

Lead Rolly in his adventure within the wonderful world of Shroomast, and explore its deep semi open-world underground. Goo Keeper is a pure metroidvania with tons of unique bosses, hand-crafted worlds and creatures, and tons of awesome abilities.

MetroidvaniaAction-AdventureExplorationPlatformerCuteHand-drawnSci-fiAtmosphericOld SchoolColorful

23 Oct, 2023

Bloody Hell
Free

Bloody Hell

A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?

Bullet HellMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsIndieTwin Stick ShooterSingleplayerGoreSouls-likeFree to PlayDemons

27 Jan, 2023

ROCKETRON
₩6,700

ROCKETRON

Fly through the sky! Rain down fire on the enemy forces from above! Enjoy solid combat and simple non-linear exploration in this high flying side-scrolling action shooter!

ActionIndieMetroidvaniaSide ScrollerPlatformerPixel GraphicsSingleplayer2DMechsScience

7 Feb, 2020

Songbird Symphony
₩19,000

Songbird Symphony

Musical Metroidvania, with pixel art to die for. Guide orphaned chick 'Birb', on a platform adventure, as he faces off against the denizens of the forest in rhythm-action boss battles. Acclaimed for its gorgeous animation, and heart-warming storytelling, as Birb strives to discover his true origins.

MetroidvaniaSide ScrollerExplorationPuzzle-PlatformerRhythmPuzzlePlatformerCute2DPixel Graphics

25 Jul, 2019

Aggelos
₩18,900

Aggelos

Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!

AdventureIndieRPGActionMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsPlatformerRetro2DSingleplayer

19 Jun, 2018

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
₩36,800

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection

Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection brings together six classic titles in one game: Mega Man Zero 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Mega Man ZX and ZX Advent. The collection also features Z-Chaser, an exclusive new mode created just for this set of games.

ActionRPGPlatformer2DGreat SoundtrackClassicDifficultPixel GraphicsSingleplayerMetroidvania

25 Feb, 2020

Rain World
₩26,900

Rain World

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

DifficultAtmosphericSurvivalExplorationIndiePixel GraphicsPlatformer2DPost-apocalypticOpen World

28 Mar, 2017

Ensora
₩16,000

Ensora

Ensora is a side-scrolling action-shooter about survival and loot-gathering. Fight gangs of thugs and Corporation soldiers for the remaining resources on the planet. Solve the mysteries of the Portal and try to return home.

Sci-fiMetroidvaniaShooterStory RichPost-apocalypticAtmosphericExplorationSurvivalSingleplayerRPG

17 Jan, 2023

Skautfold: Moonless Knight
₩11,000

Skautfold: Moonless Knight

Skautfold: Moonless Knight is a very open-ended Metroidvania, featuring a totally unique battle system. Set in an alternate history Japan in 1900, Lovecraftian horrors have plagued the world, as our very Moon opens up and becomes our end.

IndieActionRPGAdventureViolentGoreMetroidvaniaLovecraftian

4 Mar, 2020

Owlboy
₩21,500

Owlboy

Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.

Pixel GraphicsAdventureIndiePlatformerMetroidvania2DStory RichAtmosphericFantasyAction

1 Nov, 2016

Circuit Thunder®
Free

Circuit Thunder®

Enter the universe of Circuit Thunder®. Embark on a 2D-platforming adventure with Electrex Bolt® and master the abilities of lightning. Explore vibrant locations, battle novel enemies, unlock new abilities, and experience a powerful story of redemption.

ActionAdventureRPG2D FighterArcadePlatformerShooter2D PlatformerCollectathonMetroidvania

25 Oct, 2024

DLC Quest
₩3,400

DLC Quest

What happens when DLC practices go too far? An indie developer makes a game that mocks the industry and its foibles, that's what! Defeat the bad guy, save the world and get the girl! But first you'll need to find coins to buy DLC to enable animation, sound and even pausing.

PlatformerIndieSatireComedyShortParody Pixel Graphics2DSingleplayerFunny

18 Mar, 2013

9 Years of Shadows
₩21,500

9 Years of Shadows

Fight to bring beautiful colors back to a hand-crafted world of darkness and discover the story of Europa, a young warrior, and her ghostly childhood companion, Apino.

MetroidvaniaPlatformerSide ScrollerFantasyAnimeAction RPGPixel GraphicsAction-AdventureExplorationAction

27 Mar, 2023

Haiku, the Robot
₩20,500

Haiku, the Robot

Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.

MetroidvaniaAdventureExplorationPixel GraphicsAtmosphericRobotsPlatformerOpen World2D PlatformerSide Scroller

28 Apr, 2022

GUN RAT classic
₩3,400

GUN RAT classic

Mike is an ordinary mouse with extraordinary courage. Upon learning of the cheese theft, he decides to take gun into his own paws and reclaim the lost delicacies. Throughout his adventure, Mishaka will encounter dangers, traps, and a multitude of enemies — from cunning rats to giant predators.

CasualAdventureActionArcadePlatformerAction-AdventureShooter2D PlatformerSide ScrollerMetroidvania

21 Nov, 2024

Meganoid
₩11,000

Meganoid

Meganoid is a brutal, fast-paced platformer where every descent into its ever-shifting spaceship is a new challenge. Navigate deadly traps, outsmart security drones, and discover powerful upgrades to reshape how you play. Will you rush to survive, or risk it all to uncover its deepest secrets?

Metroidvania2D PlatformerRogue-liteDungeon CrawlerPerma DeathPlatformerArcadeRogue-like2DProcedural Generation

29 Mar, 2017

Airhead
₩21,500

Airhead

Help a small body save a head-like organism full of air, from a leak that threatens its life. Explore their Metroidvania-style world and overcome challenging environmental puzzles to find the key to the head's survival.

IndieAdventureActionPuzzle-PlatformerMetroidvaniaAtmosphericPuzzleSurrealDifficultSingleplayer

12 Feb, 2024

Pick a Legend
₩4,500

Pick a Legend

Build a team of heroes and pets in a fantasy bullet heaven. Level up companions, evolve devastating attacks, and battle monster hordes and bosses. Play solo or with up to four players in local cooperative play.

Bullet HellAction RoguelikeHero ShooterMetroidvaniaArena ShooterHack and SlashBullet TimeShoot 'Em UpPvEShooter

4 Mar, 2024

Oblitus mortis
₩5,600

Oblitus mortis

A Pixel art adventure inspired by the fascinating legends and myths of Venezuela. Enter a mysterious world where you will be the one to help this little Espanto solve the mystery of why all these creatures and lost souls are wandering the earth.

AdventureMetroidvaniaLore-RichAction-AdventureMythologyPlatformer2D Platformer2DSide ScrollerSingleplayer

24 Mar, 2025

Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
₩4,900

Babushka's Glitch Dungeon

Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

ExplorationPuzzle-PlatformerNonlinearPixel GraphicsFunnyFemale ProtagonistMetroidvaniaStylizedPlatformerAction-Adventure

4 Apr, 2025

Carceri
₩5,600

Carceri

If our Reality is a Simulation, then are our simulations (games) someone else's Reality? Find out in Carceri: a cozy, first-person explorer. Featuring a charming story, cute characters, and a dazzling paradise you can visually transform with a world-melting camera! Enjoy your virtual vacay!

ExplorationOpen WorldStory RichMetroidvaniaAdventurePlatformerFirst-PersonCuteFunnyPhilosophical

24 May, 2024

Bunny Guys!
₩5,600

Bunny Guys!

Climb, fall, curse… uh, respawn, pretend it was intentional. Bunny Guys is pure parkour chaos where one wins and everyone else fails spectacularly. Perfect for players who treat suffering, respawning, and “I can do better” as a hobby.

MultiplayerPvPCompetitiveFast-PacedArcadeParkourPlatformerPrecision PlatformerMetroidvania3D

1 Sep, 2023

Gentoo Rescue
₩21,500

Gentoo Rescue

A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

PuzzleLogicDifficultRelaxingGrid-Based MovementSingleplayerSokobanMetroidvaniaCasualCute

22 May, 2025

GRIME
₩26,000

GRIME

Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

MetroidvaniaSouls-likePlatformerDark FantasyDifficultAction-AdventureExploration2.5DAction RPGSurreal

2 Aug, 2021

Periphery Synthetic
₩5,600

Periphery Synthetic

Explore a planetary system, synthesize new abilities, and reveal its past. This interactive EP offers a chill and non-violent metroidvania experience across procedurally-generated musical playgrounds.

MetroidvaniaExplorationWalking SimulatorRelaxingMusic-Based Procedural GenerationPsychedelicCollectathonCraftingSpace SimImmersive Sim

22 Aug, 2024

Gastova: The Witches of Arkana
₩16,000

Gastova: The Witches of Arkana

Gastova is a lighthearted 2D platform adventure game. As the Guardian Witch of Arkana, Gastova must keep the balance of magic, solve a mystery involving the elemental fount guardians, discover hidden truths, and protect the future of her world from ominous forces before it's too late...

Early AccessActionAdventureRPGIndiePlatformerMetroidvaniaFemale ProtagonistExploration2D Platformer

15 Jun, 2026

Boots Versus Plants
₩1,100

Boots Versus Plants

In the platformer from the creators of RRRR fights with mutant plants on the way to find a solution to the dark past. Overcome many thoughtful challenges and puzzles.

CasualAdventureAction2D Platformer2D FighterPuzzle-PlatformerMetroidvaniaRoguevaniaAction Roguelike2D

14 Mar, 2021

Stickman's Bad Luck
Free

Stickman's Bad Luck

Enter the world of a stick man named Stickman who, reluctantly compelled by the winds of destiny, must save the land from an evil stick man named Evil Stickman! Stickman's Bad Luck is a story-rich 2D Metroidvania Platformer.

CasualAdventureMetroidvaniaFunnyStory Rich2D PlatformerPlatformerSide ScrollerComedyColorful

7 Jul, 2023

Ichima-san
₩16,500

Ichima-san

A stealth action adventure in which you play as a Japanese traditional doll and explore the house without anyone finding you.

Metroidvania3D PlatformerTriviaPlatformerAction RPGAction-AdventureFemale Protagonist3DCuteThird Person

8 Aug, 2024

Pixel Pirates
₩16,000

Pixel Pirates

Set sail as James Flint to rescue your partner Clara from the cursed Captain Blackwood. Battle ruthless pirates, uncover secrets on handcrafted islands, hunt for treasure, and discover powerful relics in this byte-sized high-seas adventure.

Early AccessActionAdventureAction RPGAction-AdventurePiratesHack and SlashCombatNaval CombatMetroidvania

7 Mar, 2025

Exographer
₩21,500

Exographer

Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.

MetroidvaniaAdventureScienceExploration2D PlatformerPlatformerPuzzlePuzzle-Platformer2DPixel Graphics

26 Sep, 2024

Laika: Aged Through Blood
₩21,500

Laika: Aged Through Blood

Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.

AtmosphericArcadeMetroidvaniaStory Rich2D PlatformerPlatformerSoundtrackGoreDifficultViolent

19 Oct, 2023

Unnamed Adventure/无名之旅
₩3,300

Unnamed Adventure/无名之旅

Unnamed Adventure, an indie action platformer where every single level, puzzle is crafted by hands. Wander around in a mysterious kingdom where surprise and finding may hide in every corner you visit.

ActionIndieAdventureCasualPlatformerMetroidvaniaDifficultSouls-like

20 Nov, 2019

Blessing Part I
₩2,300

Blessing Part I

Play as Lowe, a vengeful swordsman in a world shrouded in loneliness and despair. Wield your greatsword, slay monsters as a mortal.

RPGMetroidvaniaAction2D PlatformerAction RPGAction-AdventureAdventure2DPixel GraphicsHand-drawn

21 May, 2025

Aura of Worlds
₩16,500

Aura of Worlds

Aura of Worlds is a chaotic, creative tactics rogue-lite platformer. Explore multiple dangerous worlds where you utilize creative abilities & wield the environment to your advantage. Blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths & outwit powerful guardians!

Rogue-likePlatformerMetroidvaniaSouls-likeSide ScrollerRoguevaniaPixel GraphicsRogue-liteProcedural GenerationDifficult

24 Sep, 2024

Q2 HUMANITY
₩9,900

Q2 HUMANITY

The sequel to the physics-based puzzle game 'Q REMASTERED,' titled 'Q2 HUMANITY,' introduces characters or 'humans' that now appear in the game. These 'humans' can jump, bounce, throw things, and sometimes even exhibit special abilities. 'Q2' can be played solo or with up to 4 players.

ActionCasualPuzzle3DMetroidvaniaFunnyPhysicsMultiplayerIndieLocal Multiplayer

17 Dec, 2024

Cave Story+
₩16,000

Cave Story+

Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

PlatformerMetroidvaniaIndieGreat SoundtrackPixel GraphicsActionAdventure2DSingleplayerRetro

22 Nov, 2011

Trapers Platformer
₩2,300

Trapers Platformer

Story driven Metroidvania-ish challenging platformer with cute hand-drawn graphics and a focus on exploration.

ExplorationMetroidvania2D PlatformerActionPlatformer2DAdventureCuteStory RichColorful

11 Jan, 2023

Victim
₩11,000

Victim

You are invited into the world of The Ominous Oppression.  A desolate landscape of horrors and mental anguish.  A place where only the mentally strong can survive and overcome the seemingly endless relentless trials of perpetuating devastation while your own mind fights against you.

DifficultAtmosphericDynamic NarrationAdventureStylizedRetroExplorationSingleplayerPixel GraphicsPuzzle-Platformer

19 May, 2022

Janosik 2
₩9,900

Janosik 2

Janosik 2 is a retro action-platformer with metroidvania elements. Get ready to jump, slash, dodge roll, dive, smash and bash your way through deadly traps, mischievous villains and bosses, and more in this sequel to Janosik.

ActionAdventurePlatformer2D PlatformerExplorationMetroidvaniaPrecision Platformer2DPixel Graphics1980s

9 Dec, 2024